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Rashida Tlaib & Friday 8/10 Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on August 10, 2018 by magsviewAugust 10, 2018

Good piece on Rashida Tlaib posted on The Guardian by Khaled Beydoun, a man with solid credentials (whom I follow on Twitter).

My friend Rashida: far more than the first Muslim American congresswoman

I walked into Rashida Tlaib’s election watch party shortly after midnight.

Rashida sounds like the sort of candidate we need to pull this country back from the brink.

Hip-hop, salsa, Detroit house and Arabic music thumped from the speakers. The cafe walls, where the party was being held, were adorned with the work of local artists. There were no suits or gowns, just the squeak of sneakers and blue campaign T-shirts filling the room. Tlaib’s party felt like a real party, where millennials of all races mingled naturally with middle-aged and elderly supporters that were celebrating as the results rolled in.

When I read about her primary win I was surprised that I’d never heard of her before. How did I miss her?

Her message was intersectional long before “intersectionality” was catapulted into the prevailing social justice lexicon. Fighting American Islamophobia was her mandate before the phenomenon became a catchy buzzword. She tenaciously challenged anti-black racism years before the Black Lives Matter movement mainstreamed it into popular consciousness. Rashida defiantly stepped up against the state, and land-seizing billionaires, to defend the rights of vulnerable elements in her community, south-west Detroit, which was predominantly Latinx.

“brilliantly diverse sea of people”

Twelve years later, this commitment to social justice and grassroots organizing is what fueled Rashida to knock down the ultimate door, and make history as America’s first Palestinian and Muslim congresswomen. And indeed, that was the very spirit represented by the brilliantly diverse sea of people that celebrated until Rashida was ready to declare victory, at 2.46am on Wednesday morning.

And she has such a positive message that resonates:

Flanked by her son, Adam, her younger brother Rachid, and her campaign staff, Rashida, in tears, shouted: “I love this campaign and what it represents. It inspired people around the country to know that you do not need to sell out, you do not need to change who you are, to run for office. Be who you are – it’s what our country needs right now.”

Khaled is doing his part on pushing back on the hate and the fear (two negative forces that so often seem bound together). That is also what this country “needs right now”.

Please share anything you’ve picked up on the beaches of our media below!

Posted in Activism, Black Lives Matter, Islamophobia, Open Thread, Womens Rights | Tagged grassroots organizing, hope, Islamophobia, Khaled Beydoun, Rashida Tlaib

Palestinian-American Jesse Sbaih loses Nevada Democratic primary to Reid-backed candidate

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 19, 2016 by Linda ThiemanJune 19, 2016

by Mary Ann Weston, Mondoweiss.net Jesse Sbaih, the Jordanian-born Nevada Congressional candidate who said he was discouraged from running by Sen. Harry Reid because of his Muslim faith, lost badly in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Sbaih, whose Palestinian-refugee parents immigrated from Jordan when Jesse was 11, got 12.81 percent of the vote compared with 62.19 percent for Jacky Rosen, Reid’s hand-picked candidate. Both were seeking office for the first time. Rosen is president of a Henderson, Nevada synagogue. In March Sbaih made news when he asserted Reid told him, “You are not going to be able to win because you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Candidates, Democrats, Islamophobia, Palestine | Tagged Democratic candidates, Islamophobia, Jesse Sbaih, Nevada, Palestinian

“I am the disturbance in the sea of your complacency.” ~ Muhammad Ali

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 10, 2016 by Bern_So_GoodJune 10, 2016

Muhammad Ali was celebrated and memorialized today by family and friends. Two of the most moving eulogies of the exquisite service were delivered by Natasha Mundkur and Rabbi Michael Lerner. The 19-year-old UofL sophomore said she was bullied when she was younger, called a terrorist, told to go back to her own country. She said it was Muhammad Ali who helped her find her voice. “The confidence he had was the confidence I lacked, and the confidence that I looked up to,” Mundkur said. Some know him as a fighter, others, a humanitarian. But most just call him the Greatest. As for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #LoveTrumpsHate, #WeareAli, Islamophobia, MuhammadAli, Racism

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